industrial disaster
disaster resulting from failure of industrial processes
Garbage landslide
collapse of pile of garbage similar to natural landslide
Great Molasses Flood
molasses storage tank burst in 1919 in Boston, and a wave of molasses rushed through the streets killing 21 people
Texas City Refinery explosion
2005 deadly refinery plant accident
Explosion of the Ocean Liberty
explosion disaster in the port of Brest, France
Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster
tunnel in West Virginia where hundreds of workers contracted silicosis
Grover Shoe Factory disaster
1905 boiler explosion and fire that killed 58
Conakry oil depot explosion
2023 fatal blaze in Guinea
London Beer Flood
1814 brewery disaster in London
Radioactive contamination from the Rocky Flats Plant
radioactive contamination from the Rocky Flats Plant in Colorado
industrial fire
disaster involving a conflagration in an industrial setting
Deepwater Horizon explosion
2010 explosion of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico
Texas City disaster
1947 explosion
Sylvania Electric Products explosion
1956 thorium explosion in New York City
West Fertilizer Company explosion
explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas